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Tag Archives: World Health Organization (WHO)
Evidence on the Potential of the Arts for Improving Mental and Physical Health and Wellbeing (WHO)
Summary The World Health Organization has published an evidence review broadly supportive of the notion that engaging with the arts is beneficial for mental and physical wellbeing. In addition to being able to help prevent ill health (physical and mental) … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Community Care, Depression, End of Life Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), International, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Parkinson's Disease, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Systematic Reviews, Universal Interest, World Health Organization (WHO)
Tagged Aesthetic Engagement, Animations, Arts Activities in Emergency Settings, Arts and Mental Wellbeing, Arts and Music in Dementia, Arts and Social Activities, Arts Engagement, Arts Practices in Healthcare, Arts Therapies, Attending Literary Festivals, Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Cardiovascular Disease (CVD), Cognitive Stimulation, Cognitive Stimulation and Lifestyle, Community Arts Programmes, Community-Based Arts and Health interventions, Concerts, Crafts, Creative Arts, Creative Arts for Dementia, Creativity, Creativity and Artistic Appreciation in Dementia, Cultural Arts Interventions, Cultural Arts Interventions in Dementia Care, Cultural Engagement, Culture, Dance, Dance / Movement Therapy, Dementia and Imagination, Dementia-Focussed Arts Activities, Design, Digital Arts, Dr Piroska Östlin: WHO Regional Director for Europe, Engagement With the Creative Arts by Older People, Evaluation of Arts-Based Interventions, Evocation of Emotion, Exercise Activities, Film, Galleries, Health Behaviours, Health Benefits of Arts Engagement, Health Evidence Network (HEN), Immune System, Institute of Epidemiology and Health Care: University College London, Involvement of the Imagination, Literature, Multi-Sensory Stimulation, Multisensory Stimulation, Museums, Music, Online Arts, Painting, Performing Arts, Photography, Physical Activity, Physical Exercise, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Reading, Referral Mechanisms From Health and Social Care to Community Arts Programmes, Reminiscence and Sensory Stimulation, Sensory Activation, Sensory Stimulation, Singing, Social Integration, Social Interaction, Social Prescribing, Theatre, Visual Arts, WHO European Region, WHO Regional Office for Europe, World Health Organization (WHO), Writing
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Global Health Investment: An Interconnected World (Department of Health / BBC News)
Summary The Chief Medical Officer’s final annual report looks into the importance of working towards better health globally. There three main topics of focus are: health equity, sustainability and security. “Diseases and their determinants do not respect international borders. Ebola, … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, Commissioning, Department of Health, Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, Mental Health, National, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest, World Health Organization (WHO)
Tagged African Academy of Sciences, Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), Ban Ki-moon: Deputy Chair of The Elders, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC), Bloomberg Philanthropies, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Catherine Falconer: Office of the Chief Medical Officer (England), Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Annual Report: Health, Climate Impact Research Capacity and Leadership Enhancement (CIRCLE), Climate Research for Development (CR4D), CMO Annual Report 2019: Health, Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, Commonwealth and Chevening Scholarship Programmes, Commonwealth Partnerships for Antimicrobial Stewardship, Composite Health Index, DBT-UKRI Collaborations, Department for International Development (DfID), Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Disease Elimination and Eradication, Dr Chelsea Clinton: Vice Chair of the Clinton Foundation, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: Director-General of the World Health Organization, Ebola, Excise Taxes (Health Taxes), Excise Taxes: Global Task Force on Fiscal Policy for Health, Excise Taxes: Improvement of Population Health, Faculty of Public Health (FPH), Fiscal Policy for Health (Excise Taxes), Geographical Health Inequalities, Global Challenges Research Fund, Global Context, Global Engagement, Global Governance, Global Health Inequalities, Global Health Investment, Global Health Oversight Group (GHOG), Global Health Program: Council on Foreign Relations, Global Health Security, Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA), Global Institute for Women’s Leadership: King’s College London, Global Outlook, Global Partnership for Education, Global Perspectives on Healthcare, Global Public Health, Guidelines on Accurate and Transparent Health Estimate Reporting (GATHER), Health in Humanitarian Crises Centre (LHSTM), Health Inequalities, Health Surveillance, Health: a Human Right, Humanitarian System, Improving Global Health, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME): University of Washington, International Development Act, International Health Inequalities, International Health Institutions, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, LMICs, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), Low- and Middle-Income Countries, Mental Health (Global), Modern Armed Conflicts, Mutual Benefits From Global Engagement, National Health Security, National Institute Health Research (NIHR) Global Health Research, OECD Development Assistance Committee, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Orla Murphy: Office of the Chief Medical Officer (England), Our Global Asset - Partnering for Progress, Partnership for Healthy Cities, Partnership for Healthy Cities (PHC), Prevention Better Than Cure, Primary Healthcare, Professor Dame Sally Davies: the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) for England, Professor Dame Sally Davies: UK Special Envoy on AMR, Public Health, Public Health Surveillance, Re-Emergence of Monkeypox in Nigeria, Reducing Health Inequalities, Research and Development Funding, Science and Innovation Network (SIN), Science and Innovation Network: Foreign Office, Statistics on International Development, Sustainability, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Trans-National Institutes, Uganda UK Health Alliance: Health Consortium Model, UK Public Health Rapid Support Team, UK Public Health Rapid Support Team (UK-PHRST), UK Science and Innovation Network (SIN), UK-Jamaica Nursing Exchange Programme, Universal Health Coverage (Primary Healthcare), Universal Health Coverage (UHC), Wellcome Sanger Institute, West Africa Ebola Outbreak, Wider Determinants of Global Health, World Health Organization (WHO)
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Reconnecting Health and Spirituality? (JAMA)
Summary A recent Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) article summarises evidence for the view that patients’ spiritual and religious views have been long neglected in mainstream medical literature and practice. It is suggested a greater focus on spirituality … Continue reading
Posted in End of Life Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Integrated Care, International, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Universal Interest
Tagged Brazil, Care Approaches to Spirituality and Dementia, Carer Resilience, Caring for the Whole Person, Dana Farber Cancer Institute (Boston; Massachusetts), Dignity and Spiritual Care, End-of-Life Decision-Making, End-of-Life Support, Faith, Faith at the End of Life, Harvard Kennedy School (Cambridge; Massachusetts), Harvard Medical School, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health (Boston; Massachusetts), Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health: Harvard Kennedy School, Health and Spirituality, Healthy Behaviours, Holistic Approaches, Holistic Assessments, Holistic Care, Holistic Care Assessments, Holistic Co-ordinated Care, Holistic Needs Assessment, JAMA, Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), National Consensus Project for Quality Palliative Care, Nurses’ Health Study, Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, Optimism, Palliative Care, Personal Resilience, Postgraduate Program in Nursing: Universidade Federal da Bahia. Bahia (Brazil), Purpose in Life, Religion, Religiosity, Religious or Cultural Backgrounds, Respect for Religious or Cultural Backgrounds, Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem (Journal), School of Nursing: Universidade Federal da Bahia, Serious Medical Treatment Decisions, Social Integration, Social Support, Spiritual Care in Nursing, Spiritual History Taking, Spiritual Needs, Spiritual Needs of People With Dementia, Spirituality, Spirituality Ageing and Quality of Life, Spirituality and Religion in the Culture of Medicine, Treatment Decisions, United States, Universidade Federal da Bahia, USA, Wellness and Resilience, Whole Person Medicine, World Health Organization (WHO), World Health Organization: Principles
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Air Pollution Might Increase Risk of Dementia? (BBC News / Alzheimer’s Society / PNAS / NHS Choices)
Summary Particles of iron oxide (magnetite) related to air pollution have been discovered in samples of human brain tissue. There may be a weak link between air pollution-related particulates and development of dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease, but the evidence at … Continue reading
Posted in Alzheimer's Society, BBC News, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest, World Health Organization (WHO)
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